1969 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament
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Teams | 32 |
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Finals site | Evansville, Indiana |
Champions | Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (3rd title) |
Runner-up | SW Missouri State Bears (3rd title game) |
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Winning coach | Bob Daniels (2nd title) |
MOP | George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan) |
Attendance | 30,003 |
The 1969 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1968–69 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College, with Kentucky Wesleyan's George Tinsley named the Most Outstanding Player.
American International College's tournament and semifinal appearances were later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.
Regional participants[]
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*tournament appearance vacated
Regionals[]
South Atlantic - Norfolk, Virginia[]
Location:
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Oglethorpe | 68 | ||||||||
Old Dominion | 60 | ||||||||
Oglethorpe | 74 | ||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 56 | ||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 95 | ||||||||
Norfolk State | 80 |
- Third Place - Norfolk State 113, Old Dominion 102
South - Owensboro, Kentucky[]
Location: Owensboro Sportscenter
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Alcorn State | 76 | ||||||||
Bellarmine | 75 | ||||||||
Alcorn State | 79 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 83 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 77 | ||||||||
Transylvania | 61 |
- Third Place - Transylvania 65, Bellarmine 64
Far West - Las Vegas, Nevada[]
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
San Francisco State | 81 | ||||||||
UC Irvine | 55 | ||||||||
San Francisco State | 77 | ||||||||
UNLV | 72 | ||||||||
UNLV | 84 | ||||||||
UC Davis | 81 |
- Third Place -UC Irvine 82, UC Davis 70
New England - Springfield, Massachusetts[]
Location: Butova Gymnasium
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Springfield | 91 | ||||||||
Central Connecticut State | 80 | ||||||||
Springfield | 68 | ||||||||
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Assumption | 77 |
- Third Place - Assumption 98, Central Connecticut State 77
East - Syracuse, New York[]
Location: Henninger Athletic Center
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Wagner | 109 | ||||||||
Albany | 64 | ||||||||
Wagner | 78 | ||||||||
Montclair State | 101 | ||||||||
Montclair State | 79 | ||||||||
Le Moyne | 75 |
- Third Place - Albany 71, Le Moyne 70
Midwest - Springfield, Missouri[]
Location: McDonald Hall and Arena
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 79 | ||||||||
Lincoln (MO) | 77 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 74 | ||||||||
SW Missouri State | 87 | ||||||||
SW Missouri State | 75 | ||||||||
St. Olaf | 47 |
- Third Place - Lincoln 77, St. Olaf 72
Great Lakes - Valparaiso, Indiana[]
Location: Hilltop Gym [1]
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Illinois State | 87 | ||||||||
North Park | 82 | ||||||||
Illinois State | 103 | ||||||||
Valparaiso | 87 | ||||||||
Valparaiso | 91 | ||||||||
Concordia (IL) | 81 |
- Third Place - North Park 90, Concordia 73
Mideast - Ashland, Ohio[]
Location: Kates Gymnasium
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 84 | ||||||||
Wittenberg | 70 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 56 | ||||||||
Ashland | 66 | ||||||||
Ashland | 43 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 40 |
- Third Place - Philadelphia Textile 76, Wittenberg 74
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana[]
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium
National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 12 | National Semifinals Final Four March 13 | National Championship March 14 | ||||||||||||
Oglethorpe | 68 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 82 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 83* | |||||||||||||
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San Francisco State | 75 | |||||||||||||
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Kentucky Weslayan | 75 | |||||||||||||
SW Missouri State | 71 | |||||||||||||
Montcair State | 76 | |||||||||||||
SW Missouri State | 92 | |||||||||||||
SW Missouri State | 58 | |||||||||||||
Ashland | 48 | |||||||||||||
Illinois State | 35 | |||||||||||||
Ashland | 41 |
- Third Place - American International 53, Ashland 51
*denotes each overtime played
All-Tournament team[]
- Mert Bancroft (Southwest Missouri State)
- Tommy Hobgood (Kentucky Wesleyan)
- Curtis Perry (Southwest Missouri State)
- Bob Rutherford (American International)
- George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan)
See also[]
- 1969 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
- 1969 NAIA Basketball Tournament
References[]
- ^ Kretchmar, Dick (March 10, 1969). "Crusaders Lose To Redbitds In NCAA Finals". Valparaiso Vidette Messenger.
Sources[]
- NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1968–69 NCAA College Division men's basketball season